Foster & Macumber

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver, Tin, Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184583
MRDS ID A012764
MAS/MILS ID 0020440004
Record type Site
Current site name Foster & Macumber
Alternate or previous names Gossan 1-4, Benson, Poppy, Darby, Jim, Lode Claims 1-8, Foster, Would Bee, Dry, Bandy, No. 2 Darby
Related records 10001930

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -162.57409, 65.02856 (WGS84)
Elevation 434
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 005 S 019 W 29 NESWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -162.57409, 65.02856

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRENCHING, DRILLING, CORING, GEOCHEMISTRY, PETROGRAPHY. PALEOZOIC OR PREPALEOZOIC METASEDIMENT FORMING A N.-PITCHING ANTICLINE. FOSTER PROSPECT IS ON AXIS OF FOLD. STRATA ARE PRINCIPALLY THINLY INTERBEDDED QUARTZOSE SCHISTS WITH MAJOR PORTION PARTIALLY DOLOTOMIZED MARBLE. PROSPECT IS FORMED OF A ZONALLY ARRANGED PB-AG-BEARING GOSSAN. THE GOSSAN IS PRIMARILY LIMONITE AND GOETHITE WITH SOME CERUSSITE AND LESS ANGELESITE. PRINCIPAL PB MINERALIZATION IS GALENA NODULES <1 IN. TO 2 FT IN DIAMETER. POSSIBLE RESIDUAL CONCENTRATION OF GALENA. DEPOSITION PROBABLY DUE TO SOLUTION ENTERING FRACTURES ON FOLD AXIS WITH IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT OF MARBLE. SILVER CONTENT APPEARS TO INCREASE WITH DEPTH (RI6018). ADDITIONAL DEPOSIT NAMES: DRY, JIM, LODE CLAIMS 1-8.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Dwb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.